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Rest ahd Guide forPenmen;

No. 240.752. Patented April 26,1881,

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`EDWARD NUNAN, or sAN FRAnoIseo, CALIFORNIA.

RESTAND GUIDE FOR PENMEN.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,752, dated April 26, 1881.

- Application filed May 24, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, EDWARD NUNAN, of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Rest and Guide for Penmen, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a platen or plate made concave on the upper face thereof, iu which the ball of the hand at the Wrist-joint rests. To the lower face of the plate are seeured carrying wheels or rollers.

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is had, Figure 1 is a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a bottom View. Figs. 3 and 4 are modifications of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

The face of the plate A is hollowed out or made concave, as shown, to receive the ball of the hand at the wrist-joint, and a portion of the back of the hand, so that it will rest in an easy position Within the concavity. I attach to the lower face of the plate, in any suitable i manner, friction-rollers or guide-wheels.

In Fig. 2 are shown two rollers, O, operatin g on the spindle D in the double bearings E and single bearing E'.- One supporting and guiding roller, F, is placed near the front edge of the plate Operating on the spindle G in the bearings E; yet I do not confine myself to the precise details of constructin g these bearings or of thelocation of the friotion-rollers, as these may be placed at any effectual point on the face of the plate to snit the fancy or convenience of the writer.

One roller or wheel only may be employed, having a ball-and-socket joint, as shown at H in Fig. 4, and the upper face of the plate or roller-carrying device be made so as to be clasped by the little finger of the Writer, and be moved across the page in that manner.

A band or clasp may be connected` to the plate to encircle the hand in writing, or a suction air-valve may be applied to the face of the platen in place of the band shown in Figs. 1 and. 2. V

By the above-described means a great relief is afi'orded in writing, as it earries the hand along from point to point across the'page without any exertion of the muscles, and by reason of the wheels or rollers sliding on their axles the movement is universal.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The heroin-described rest and guide for penmen, consisting of a concaved plate provided on its under surface with one or more rollers, arranged to operate substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of April, 1880.

EDWD. NUNAN. [L. s.] Witnesses:

O. W. M. SMITH, J oHN BAFFERTY. 

